Gates to Hell

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

Smack-dab in Campania’s volcanic fields, this scenic lake was once thought to be the gate of hell.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.